Powell shrugs off Trump’s attacks on Fed: ‘We’re doing fine’

Published November 14, 2018 6:46pm ET



Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell dismissed President Trump’s criticism of his conduct of monetary policy Wednesday, saying that the central bank is doing well despite the stream of attacks from the White House.

“We’re just trying to do our jobs,” Powell said when asked about the criticism in a public interview at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. “And you know, we’re doing fine.”

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